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Planet Rock | November 2018 | Issue 10
True Believers | Paul Brannigan
Hate-filled provocateurs, fuelled by chaos and mutual loathing, Faith No More were one of the most contrary, anatogonistic and downright weird rock bands of the 80s. They they wrote a million-selling album about vampires, paedophiles, murderous lovers and malevolent babies, and warped the mainstream forever. This is the story of The Real Thing...
TO THEIR NEIGHBOURS in LA's affluent Hancock Park district, William David Gould jnr and Roswell Christopher 'Roddy' Bottum were little angels. Catholic school class mates and boy scouts, the pair were charming, well-mannered, articulate and intelligent boys. When the teenage best friends left LA to attend college in San Francisco in 1981, it was assumed they would one day return as architects or doctors, or perhaps lawyers like their fathers. Instead, the pair plugged into their new hometown's anarchic punk rock community and went rogue.
The San Francisco music scene had diversified and darkened since the Summer Of Love, when artists such as Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin's Big Brother And The Holding Company and psychedelic hard rockers Blue Cheer ruled the airwaves. In 1981, the likes of the Dead Kennedys, Romeo Void, Mutants, Offs and Pink Section were making confrontational punk and new wave sounds in SF's underground clubs, while a nascent thrash metal scene, inspired by the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, was also stirring in the Bay Area. Bill Gould loved the energy and free-spirited vibe of his new environs.
"Compared to LA, San Francisco was an amazing place," he recalls. "It was this giant wasteland with a million artists and a million bands. You could basically do anything you wanted. We lived in the Mission District and the police really didn't care what you did: you could have afterhours clubs without permits, you could put on shows anywhere, you could have parties in your living room. On a Saturday night you'd walk down the street and see an open door and you'd walk in and there'd be a band playing and a party happening. It was a really great creative atmosphere and there were a lot ofheretical ideas being passed around. It was a good place to find yourself and learn who you are."
Within weeks of relocating to northern California, bassist Gould had joined a band. Sharp Young Men featured vocalist/guitarist Mike 'The Man' Morris, keyboard player Wade Worthington and drummer Mike 'Puffy' Bordin, who was studying African drumming at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1983, after changing their name to Faith No Man, the quartet recorded one single (Quiet In Heaven/Song Of Liberty) on an 8-track studio in the garage of Gould's mate Matt Wallace, before Worthington quit.
Bottum - a classically trained pianist and, by then Gould's flatmate - took his place; and he,Gould and
Bordin began cutting classes in favour of "smoking a lot of pot and making a lot of noise". When an irritated Mike Morris tried to rein in the musicians' experimental meanderings, the trio simply quit his band, and regrouped without him. In time, their new band, Faith No More, would turn this kind of wilful insubordination into an artform.
"WE WERE HAVING FUN being stupid kids," says Bill Gould of Faith No More's early days. "It wasn't so much music, as just expression. We just played whatever came mto our heads. And that felt good."
Keen to preserve a spontaneous, improvisadonal edge to their sound, Gould, Bottum and Bordin determined that their new band should have a different singer and set list each time they performed live. For their debut gig at a Tenderloin club called The Sound Of Music, the trio borrowed vocalist Joe Pye from local punks Pop-0-Pies and guitarist Jake Smith from hardcore punks Crucifix. Bottum's pre-gig decision to try crystal meth for the first time only added to the messiness of the evening.
"We had this thing where there were no rules, and if somebody fucked up, that was just part of the performance," says Bill Gould. "We didn't really fit in anywhere. Our closest peers were a band called Glorious Din: we'd rent halls and put on shows together, because getting onto the established club circuit was tough. [Legendary promoter] Bill Graham still ran the local scene, and was pretty hardcore about shutting down punk clubs, even though that scene represented no threat to his world.""
Singers came and went. Among them was future Hole star Courtney Love, who lasted long enough to tape a cable TV show with the band, an "awesome and frightening" tape which Mike Bordin still possesses. "I'd never seen anything like her," says Bordin. "No one wanted to sing for us, and Courtney had the fucking guts to try to do it. We didn't play very good, she didn't sing very good, it was the perfect match. It was a tornado of shit, drama everywhere. It was wild."
"She was really good, very provocative," Gould remembers. "She'd insult anyone within 10 foot of the stage. It made things really fun."
The collective played Los Angeles for the first time in late 83. Gould's childhood friend Charles 'Chuck' Mosley, a bratty skate punk then singing/rapping in a group called Haircuts That Kill, came to the gig and was dragged to the mic. He would remain there for five years.
"I wasn't a singer, but I figured I couldn't make it any worse than it already was," he later told this writer. "I knew Billy was into chaos and aggression so I just fed off that and had a blast."
Despite Mike Bordin's reservations - "I hate this guy, he's a fucking asshole," he told Gould - the group then recruited unreconstructed metalhead Jim Martin, a close friend of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, as their permanent guitarist. From the off, the mix was combustible. Bottum thought that Martin came from "another planet", Mosley viewed Gould as a toxic smart-ass, Gould considered his best friend Bottum "complicated". But these tensions and personality clashes made for compelling, visceral live performances and unpredictable music.
With Mosley's hip-hop delivery colliding with Martin's Sabbathesque guitar lines and Bottum's classical piano influences juxtaposed against Gould's post-punk bass lines and Bordin's Killing Joke-inspired drumming. Faith No More sounded like no one else.
"It was hard for us to find our place initially," recalls Gould. "We were invisible in the media, and if we played to 40 people that was a good crowd for us. But, oddly, perhaps, we never doubted ourselves: we were very self-confident about what we had, always."
In the summer of 1985, the band and producer Matt Wallace decamped to Prairie Sun Studios in Petaluma, northern California to record a five track demo featuring their signature tune We Care A Lot, a sneering, syncopated punk-funk anthem written by Roddy Bottum as a sarcastic riposte to the crocodile tears of music's biggest stars in the Live Aid era. Gould then passed the cassette to a room-mate who worked in a San Francisco record shop. Ruth Schwartz, an editor at punk fanzine Maximum rocknroll, happened to be in the store one afternoon when the tape was playing, and she approached the desk to enquire which band was playing on the in-house stereo. Upon discovering that the band were unsigned, she placed a phone call to Gould, and Faith No More were dispatched back to Prairie Sun for a second weekend to record more material. In November 1985, the We Care A Lot album became the first release on Schwartz's new record label, Mordam.
As they embarked upon their first national tour, the buzz around the colourful, combative unit grew quicky Faith No More would play Van Halen songs to wind up the punks, and perform Black Sabbath's War Pigs to confuse college crowds. Mosley would spend entire gigs delivering his lyrics lying on the venue floor in the middle of the audience. No two shows were alike. Within the year, Slash, a label affiliated to Warner Brothers, took up the band's contract, and funded the recording of Introduce Yourself, their second album.
As MTV threw their support behind the video for re-recorded single We Care A Lot, word started drifting across the Atlantic about this bunch of misfits with the impossible-to-pigeonhole sound. The band made their European debut at London's Dingwalls club on January 22, 1988: their set list featured mangled versions of Stairway To Heaven and Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead Or Alive. Kerrang!'s bemused review of the gig ended with the words, "Strange band." The following day, the quintet appeared on the cover of Sounds.
But even as the UK rushed to embrace the Californian oddballs, relations benveen Chuck Mosley and the rest of the band were rapidly souring. The singer was drinking heavily and his behaviour was becoming ever more erratic.
"When Chuck was good he was really, really good," says Bill Gould. "He had great charisma and personality But having a working relarionship with him became really impossible. Slash brought press from LA to see us for the first time and Chuck got drunk, passed out on-stage and slept through three songs. We were working really hard to get somewhere and it felt like we were being sabotaged."
Matters finally came to a head in the band's rehearsal room in the spring of 1988. "I threw down my bass and attacked him," Gould admits. "It was dysfunctional for a long time and tension was building up and I just exploded. It's hard to come back from that."
BY THE END OF 1988, Faith No More had an album's worth of new music ready to go but no singer. An approach made to Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was politely rebuffed. It was Jim Martin who suggested the group audition Mike Patton, a Californian college kid, and FNM fan, then fronting a band called Mr Bungle.
Patton had handed Mike Bordin Mr Bungle's first demo cassette, The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny, at a Faith No More show in 1986, and Martin became a fan. The guitarist invited the 21-year-old vocalist to San Francisco to audition.
"I resisted it," Patton told Decibel magazine in 2013. "I honestly did. My friends in Mr Bungle were like, "Just do this. It doesn't mean you have to leave our band. At that time, I was more concerned with completing my degree and finishing school. I didn't see Faith No More as some yellow brick road to success or failure anything. I just thought I would try it. The music wasn't quite what I was about at the time but I took it as a challenge."
"We tried out about 10 other people, but no one came close to Patton," says Bill Gould. "We played some music to him cold and he came up with ideas right off the top of his head that were the closest anyone else had come to what we were thinking about music. I was like, Wow, he actually gets it."
"I was really impressed with Patton," says long-time producer Matt Wallace. "The band had already written all the music, and he was given just two weeks to come up with all the lyrics and melodies. He rose to the occasion. He's the most phenomenal singer I've ever worked with."
Faith No More's third album, The Real Thing, was taped at Studio D in Sausalito, California in December 1988 and January 1989. Compared to the raw, scrappy Mosley-era albums, it was a sophisticated and slick slice of mongrel rock. With the band's post-punk, funk, pop, hip-hop, classical and metal influences streamlined and their songwriting finely tuned, Faith No More sounded like a genuinely accessible rock band for the first time.
The 11 track album encompassed punchy alt.rock (From Out Of Nowhere), rap-rock (Epic), straight-up metal (Surprise! You're Dead!) , a deadpan reading of War Pigs), cocktail lounge jazz (Edge Of The World) and synth-pop (Underwater Love), while Mike Patton's subversive lyrics ensured the collection had a dark heart. Each song found the singer inhabiting the psyche of a different character: Edge Of The World was written from the perspective of a paedophile, Underwater Love was a murderer's meditation upon drowning a lover, The Morning After detailed vampire lust, Zombie Eaters laid bare a parasitic relationship between a demanding baby and its hopelessly subservient mother.
The band's label were impressed and confused in equal measure. "It's a great record," the band were told, "but radio won't play this: there are no singles." Even so, they presented a bold front. "Faith No More has never made a habit of adhering to the dictates of playing the game," the label declared in the LPs press release. "They are a scruffy, maverick bunch too cocksure of themselves to pay much heed to convention. Whatever sounds right brash, loud and challenging - is the path to follow. No gimmickry or rip-offs to be found. This, brothers and sisters, is the 'Real Thing'."
The press release was accompanied by a press and poster advertising campaign bearing testimonials from the biggest rock stars of the day. By far the best band I've ever seen," Axl Rose was quoted as saying. "I'm jealous." "The best album of the year," stated Metallica's Kirk Hammett.
"The Real Thing is the most important album in the last two years," said Def Leppard's Rick Savage Gould thought the campaign "embarrassing".
"The worst," agreed Mike Patton.'"When you drive into town and see that poster and you're in your fucked-up van", you just want to get out and rip it down."
The Real Thing tour began in clubs on July 4,1989, two weeks on from the June 20 release date. In September Faith No More joined Metallica's And Justice For All arena tour in the US, and were booed and spat upon nightly by the more close-minded sections of the audience. In between, From Out Of Nowhere was issued in the UK and failed to chart.
A second UK tour followed in October/November; a third tour in January/February saw the group graduate to two nights at London's 2,000-capacity Astoria, as the album's second single Epic entered the UK Top 40 at Number 37. That same month, The Real Thing was nominated, alongside recordings by their friends Metallica and Soundgarden, in the Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards, and the album entered the Billboard 200 album at Number 188. In April, FNM returned to the UK for the fourth tour in 10 months, additionally securing a first Top Of The Pops appearance as a re-released From Out Of Nowhere peaked at Number 23.
By now, the intense workload was starting to take its toll on the band, and in particular upon their baby-faced singer. Mike Patton was increasingly uncomfortable with the spotlight, and began reacting in ever more extreme ways. He spoke in interviews about his love of 'scat' videos. He'd drink his own piss on-stage. He boasted of carrying around a still-born foetus named (Cedric) in a jar. He developed a penchant for shitting into hotel hairdryers, delighting in the thought of the horrors that might befall the next person to use it. He became, in short, an obnoxious brat.
This writer witnessed the singer's petulance first hand on April 19, 1990 at Faith No More's first gig in Northern Ireland, at Belfast's Ulster Ilall. Upon disembarking from their tour bus Bill Gould, Roddy Bottum, Jim Martin and Mike Bordin happily spoke with waiting fans, posing for photographs and signing autographs: Patton pushed roughly past the small group and made straight for the stage door. Twice the singer snubbed a request to sign my gig ticket, only reluctantly doing so at the third time of asking when his path into the venue was physically blocked. His bandmates apologised sheepishly on his behalf to other disappointed fans, none whom received as much as a word or wave of recognition.
Seven years on, I had the opportunity to mention this to Patton during an interview in a San Francisco bar.
"No one likes being in a fucking fishbowl," Patton said, by way of an apology, recalling the period as an "out-of-control, nauseous, carnival ride".
"I was the same age as kids asking for my autograph, which was awkward and uncomfortable and weird," he explained. "If you're a little bit difficult and won't play the game, you're a fucking asshole. So maybe I'm an asshole, but I can sleep at night and I'm not going to suck anyone's dick."
In the spring of 1990, momentum finally began to build for Faith No More in their home market, as MTV began playing the arty, quirky video for the single Epic. Six months after The Real Thing hit the shelves it had racked up just 45,000 sales in the United States: with MTV playing Epic, the album began to sell in excess of 40,000 copies per day By July the album had crept into the Top 20, and alongside the likes of Jane's Addiction and Living Colour, the nations new 'alternative' rock darlings.
"It was like a sick joke," remembers Billy Gould. "For the past 12 months we'd worked our asses off and everyone had been telling us how great we were, but we weren't selling any records and we were fucking broke. And then just as the label told us that the record was effectively dead, it all kicked off and we had to start all over again. By the end we hated those songs so fucking much."
IT WAS, THEN, a very different Faith No More who re-grouped in 1991 to begin work on their fourth album. If their record label were expecting the quintet to record The Real Thing Part II, they were to be disappointed.
Instead, they got what Entertainment Weekly called "the most uncommercial follow-up to a hit record ever". Angel Dust, though the artistic highpoint of the band's career, was a misanthropic, black-hearted and, on tracks such as Jizzlobber and Crack Hitler, borderline unlistenable collection, infused with self loathing and a barely disguised disgust of the mainstream. The horrified President of Slash records pointedly told the band: "I hope nobody bought any houses."
"No one could understand why we were fucking with the formula", laughs an utterly unrepentant Bill Gould. "The key phrase from the label was 'commercial suicide'. It was the beginning of our downfall as far as America was concerned."
More than two decades on, Gould can afford to laugh. Faith No More's 2009 reunion, after 11 years apart, saw the San Francisco band headline festivals worldwide, while their 'comeback' album, 2015's Sol Invictus, was a Top 10 success in the UK, and charted in the Top 20 in the US. Asked by this writer earlier this year whether the album would mark the end of his band's recording career, the band's bassist, leader and conscience was evasive, but didn't rule out a return to the studio.
"I'm open to any outcome," Gould said. "If we do another one it'll be because we're 100 per cent behind it: if we're not, I don't sec the point. There's so much shit out there and so much noise that the world doesn't need a half-hearted Faith No More record.
"The success of The Real Thing was new and exciting and life-changing," he reflected. But fuck, we were so burned out. It felt like we'd been scammed.
Among their peers, however, The Real Thing has assumed exalted status. Nirvana's Krist Novoselic stated that Faith No More "paved the way" for his band's entry into the mainstream, while Korn frontman Jonathan Davis hailed the quintet as "the Black Sabbath of their generation".
Excluded from the Faith No More reunion for reasons no one can quite pin-point, Jim Martin takes a philosophical view of his former band's time in the spotlight.
"It was a good ride," he laughs. We made fistfuls of fucking cash, got to see the world, and we were on top for a while. And then we got sick of each other, ended it all and killed ourselves. Pretty cool, huh?"
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Veal carcasses in the meat products sector of the Rungis International Market, France (2011).
Veal is the meat of young cattle (calves), in contrast to the beef from older cattle. Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves (bull calves) of dairy cattle breeds.[1] Generally, veal is more expensive than beef from older cattle.
Types 1
Culinary uses 2
At birth 3.1
Housing 3.2
Feeding 3.3
Drug usage 4.1
Crate bans 5
Europe 5.1
United States 5.2
Free-raised veal.
There are several types of veal, with terminology varying by country:
Bob veal, from calves that are slaughtered when only a few days old (at most 1 month old) up to 60 lb.[2]
Formula-fed ("white" or "milk-fed") veal, from calves that are raised on a milk formula supplement. The meat colour is ivory or creamy pink, with a firm, fine, and velvety appearance. They are usually slaughtered when they reach 18–20 weeks of age, 450 to 500 pounds (200 to 230 kg).[3]
Non-formula-fed ("red" or "grain-fed") veal,[4] from calves that are raised on grain, hay, or other solid food, in addition to milk. The meat is darker in colour, and some additional marbling and fat may be apparent. It is usually marketed as calf, rather than veal, at 22–26 weeks of age, 650 to 700 pounds (290 to 320 kg).
Rose veal in the UK (generally called young beef in Europe), is from calves raised on farms in association with the UK Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' Freedom Food programme. Its name comes from its pink colour, which is a result of the calves being slaughtered at or after 35 weeks (8 months up to 12 months).[5]
Pasture-raised veal
Free-raised veal is from calves raised in the pasture with unlimited access to their mother's milk and pasture grasses. They are not administered hormones or antibiotics. These conditions replicate those of pasture-raised veal. The meat is a rich pink color. Free-raised veal is typically lower in fat than other veal. Calves are slaughtered at about 24 weeks of age.
Special-fed veal is from calves fed a balanced milk- or soy-based diet one fortified with 40 essential nutrients, including essential amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, dietary iron and other dietary minerals and vitamins. As of 2013, the majority of veal calves in the USA are special-fed.[6]
Culinary uses
Minced veal with garlic and shiitake on pasta
Veal has been an important ingredient in Italian and French cuisine from ancient times. The veal is often in the form of cutlets, such as the Italian cotoletta or the famous Austrian dish Wiener Schnitzel. Some classic French veal dishes include fried escalopes, fried veal grenadines (small, thick fillet steaks), stuffed paupiettes, roast joints, and blanquettes. Because veal is lower in fat than many meats, care must be taken in preparation to ensure that it does not become tough. Veal is often coated in preparation for frying or eaten with a sauce. Veal Parmigiana is a common Italian-American dish made with breaded veal cutlets.
In addition to providing meat, the bones of calves are used to make a stock that forms the base for sauces and soups such as demi-glace. Calf stomachs are also used to produce rennet, used in the production of cheese. Calf offal is also widely regarded as the most prized animal offal.[7] Most valued are the liver, sweetbreads, kidney, and bone marrow. The head, brains, tongue, feet, and mesentery are also valued.
At birth
Newborn calves are given a varied amount of time with their mothers, which can be anything from a few hours to a few days.[8][9] Free-raised calves are raised alongside their mothers, and always have access to their mothers' milk.
The modern veal industry has strong connections with the dairy industry.[8][9] To produce milk, cows must be lactating, and to be lactating, they must get pregnant and give birth. Since only female calves are used to produce milk, use of male dairy calves is limited, outside of breeding.[10][11]
The veal industry's integration with the dairy industry goes beyond the purchase of surplus calves. It also buys large amounts of milk byproducts. Almost 70% of veal feeds (by weight) are milk products. Most popular are whey and whey protein concentrate (WPC), byproducts of the manufacture of cheese. Milk byproducts are sources of protein and lactose. Skimmed milk powder, casein, buttermilk powder and other forms of milk byproducts are used from time to time.
Three different primary types of housing used for veal calves: hutches, stalls, or various types of group housing.[10][11]
"Milk-fed" veal calves consume a diet consisting of milk replacer, formulated with mostly milk-based proteins and added vitamins and minerals. This type of diet relates to infant formula and is also one of the most common diets used for calves in the veal industry.[9][12]
"Grain-fed" calves normally consume a diet of milk replacer for the first six to eight weeks. The calves then move on to a mostly corn-based diet.[11]
Free-raised calves are raised on an open pasture and receive a diet of milk, grass, and fresh water. Furthermore, free-raised calves do not receive antibiotics, which is often a focus of criticism amongst animal welfare organizations.[12]
Veal is a controversial issue in terms of animal welfare.
Multiple animal welfare organizations, who strongly focus on factory farming, attempt to educate consumers about several veal production procedures they consider to be inhumane. This education has led to pressure on the industry, and changes in the methods it uses.[12]
Living space is a commonly raised issue of veal farming
A strong animal welfare movement concerning veal started in the 1980s with the release of photographs of veal calves tethered in crates where they could barely move. After the release of these photographs, veal sales plummeted, and never recovered.[13]
Many veal farmers have started improving conditions in their veal farms.[13][14] The American Veal Association has announced their plan to phase out the use of crates by 2017, which is often the main focus of controversy in veal farming.[15]
Criticism of veal crates revolves around the fact that the veal calves are highly restricted in movement; have unsuitable flooring; spend their entire lives indoors; experience prolonged sensory, social, and exploratory deprivation; and are more susceptible to high amounts of stress and disease.[12] According to the Veal Quality Assurance Program, the Veal Issues Management Program industry fact sheet, and the Ontario Veal Association, individual housing systems are important for disease control and in reducing the possibility of physical injury. Furthermore, they state it also allows for veal farmers to provide more personal attention to veal calves.[9][10]
Alternative agricultural practices for using male dairy calves include raising bob veal (slaughter at two or three days old),[16] raising calves as "red veal" without the severity of dietary restrictions needed to create pale meat (resulting in fewer antibiotic treatments and lower calf mortality),[17] and as dairy beef.[18]
In 2008-2009 the demand for free-raised veal rose rapidly.[14][19]
The USDA does not approve the use of hormones on veal calves for any reason, with the exclusion for use in ruminating cattle, which is not related to veal. They do, however, approve the use of antibiotics in veal raising to treat or prevent disease.[20]
In 2004, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expressed concern that the use of illegal drugs might be widespread in the veal industry.[21] In 2004, an official of the USDA found a lump on a veal calf in a Wisconsin veal farm, which turned out to be an illegal hormone implant (such implants are only allowed legally for beef cattle).[21] In 2004 the USDA stated "Penicillin is not used in calf raising: tetracycline has been approved, but is not widely used."[20]
Crate bans
The following shows where veal crates have been banned, or are currently in the process of being banned:
Veal crates became illegal in the UK in 1990,[22] and a full ban has been placed for the entire European Union, as of 2007.[23][24]
Veal calf production as such is not allowed in many Northern European countries, such as in Finland. In Finland, giving feed, drink or other nutrition which is known to be dangerous to an animal which is being cared for is prohibited, as well as failing to give nutrients the lack of which is known to cause the animal to fall ill. The Finnish Animal Welfare Act of 1996 and the Finnish animal welfare decree of 1996 effectively banned crates in Finland and provided general guidelines for the housing and care of animals.
Veal crates are not specifically banned in Switzerland, but most calves are raised outdoors.[25][26]
As of 2014, nine states ban, or are in legislation for banning, the use of veal crates in the United States. Nationally, several large veal producers and the American Veal Association are also working to phase out the industry use of veal crates. State-by-state veal crate bans are as follows:[27]
Arizona (since 2012, a part of Proposition 204)[28]
California (effective 2015, a part of Proposition 2)[27]
Colorado (since 2012)[29]
Kentucky (Passed in 2014, the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission issued a decision to begin a phase-out period of four years and that by 2018 veal crates will be completely eliminated from Kentucky farms)[30]
Maine (since 2011)[31]
Michigan (effective 2013)[32]
Rhode Island (since July 2013)[33]
Current active legislation in:
New York (proposed in May 2009, if passed: planned to take effect in 2015)
Massachusetts (House[34] and Senate[35] bills filed annually since 2009; current bills would take effect one year after passage)
List of beef dishes
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^ "Veal". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ "Milk-fed veal definition". Ontario Veal Association. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ Grain-Fed definition in Recommended Code of Practice for Raising Farm Animals from carc-crac.ca
^ Hickman, Martin (2 September 2006). "The ethics of eating: The appeal of veal". Independent News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.
^ LeTrent, Sarah (August 6, 2013). "Targeting consumers' beef with veal". Eatocracy (blog).
^ Montagné, P.: New Concise Larousse Gatronomique, page 1233. Hamlyn, 2007.
^ a b "CCFA - Veal Calves". HumaneFood.ca. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ a b c d "Veal Farm FAQ". Vealfarm.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ a b c "All About Veal Housing". Ontario Veal. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ a b c OFAC.org Veal issue center
^ a b c d HSUS Welfare of Veal Calves
^ a b Burros, Marian (April 18, 2007). "Veal to Love, Without the Guilt". New York Times.
^ a b Black, Jane (October 28, 2009). "The kinder side of veal". Washington Post.
^ "On veal crates". CFHS. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals, 1997
^ Sargeant JM, Blackwell TE, Martin W, et al. Production indicates, calf health and mortality on seven red veal farms in Ontario. Can J Vet Res 1994;58:196-201.
^ Maas J, Robinson PH. Preparing Holstein steer calves for the feedlot. Vet Clin Food Anim 2007;23:269-279
^ HSUS - Strauss and Marcho veal crates
^ a b USDA's Veal Factsheet
^ a b Weise, Elizabeth (March 28, 2004). "Illegal hormones found in veal calves".
^ )"UK ban on bottom of page"CIWF on Veal Crates (. CIWF.org.uk. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ "Veal Crates". CFHA. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ Butler, Catherine (December 14, 1995). "Europe Plan for Veal Crate Ban". independent.org. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ "Natura Veal". Retrieved 20 October 2013.
^ "swiss meat - animal protection". Retrieved 20 October 2013.
^ a b University of Nebraska - Cali. Veal ]
^ "Arizona Makes History for Farm Animals" May 2007
^ Colorado bans the veal crate and the gestation crate", Compassion in world farming""". Ciwf.org.uk. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6428&catId=8
^ "Maine Bans Veal Crates" The Exception magazine
^ "Michigan Adopts Law to Ban Gestation Stalls". Aasv.org. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ Meier, Erica (June 21, 2012). "Victory: Rhode Island Bans Gestation Crates, Veal Crates, and Tail-Docking of Cows". Cok.net. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ Lewis, Jason. "Bill H.1456 An Act to prevent farm animal cruelty". Retrieved 2013-10-22.
^ Hedlund, Robert. "Bill S.741 An Act to prevent farm animal cruelty". Retrieved 2013-10-22.
Ontario Veal Association — Ontario veal industry in Canada.
Thinking Outside the Box — Dutch veal farming from Beef magazine
Welfare Implications of Veal Calf Husbandry from the American Veterinary Medical Association (PDF format, October 2008)
VealFarm.com — Veal industry in the USA
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Now, I know that's pretty obvious and doesn't help much so let's take a closer look, shall we?
When starting out you may want to introduce a low price to start with, knowing that you will increase it once you know it's working and people see the value in it. When it comes to pricing it's all about testing and seeing what works. Also, keep in mind that we tend to price ourselves lower than we should which means you should consider taking that number in your head and doubling it – something to think about!
Having an email list will help you grow your online business and sell more online courses.
Pricing your online course (or anything for that matter) is tricky. You really have to do your research, pay attention to how much time you put into creating your online course, and know how much your target market is willing to spend on it.
What's funny is how people look at pricing and assume that a higher price item is going to be better and that a lower price item is not worth it. I'm sure you have had at least one experience with both of these options not being true, right? That's why it's important to know who you are selling to.
Now it makes sense to price your online course higher, but the question still remains, how high is too high? Or how low is too low? These are great questions and there is no correct answer here.
The answer, however, will come to you through your research. Many online courses are priced at $49 or more with $199- $250 is a medium to high price tag. Again, you will need to do your research and see what makes sense for your topic and your audience. In most cases, unless your course is a super short how-to that you just want to earn a little something for the time you put into it (low pricing from above), you will want to start pricing your course at the $49 mark or higher.
Remember, you are creating short, effective, courses for your students that are not only high quality but also saves them time because you broke it down for them and gave them exactly what they wanted. Just because the lessons are bite-sized doesn't mean your course is worthless. In fact, it's worth more so keep that in mind when you are pricing your course.
What price model should you consider for your online course?
Again, you want to test out your pricing here and a good time to do that is in the "pre-launch" stages. You can pre-sell your course at a lower price if people sign up by a certain date. This also creates a level of urgency as your audience knows that prices will go up if they don't act fast.
You start off with a low price to get a small group of people into your course and they basically test drive the course for you. They get access to the full online course, you make a sale, and everyone learns from it! This method has worked extremely well for people like Nicole Walters who launched her wildly popular 1k1day online course.
When to give the course away for free?
If you are starting or running a business and want to grow your list of contacts you could create a free online course that people would sign up for. They would take it for free and in exchange, they'd give you their contact info. This demographic is referred to as a lead generation.
When it comes to pricing, it's all about the end result.
Some will say that you should base your pricing on the length of the course. How long is each lesson and was it worth it? In this case, though, each lesson is under 5-minutes and really pricing is based on the end result.
Did you get what you were looking for without having to waste a bunch of time search and trying to understand it? Yes? Then the price is not an issue as it just saved you what would have cost you double, right? It's all about the transformation.
What need are you filling and how quickly can you deliver results?


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False. Everything is bigger in Texas, and apparently more frequent too. Texas averages 124 twisters a year, followed by Oklahoma with 52, Kansas with 47, and Florida with 46.
True. Though many in TECA's home state of Minnesota claim it often feels that cold (or colder) to them most of the winter.
True. We'll save you the trouble — that's 32.5 feet of snow, folks! That's 11.5 feet higher than George Washington's nose on Mt. Rushmore is long … and that's quite the schnoz!
Cloud Computing doesn't work when it rains or snows.
False. Unlike the satellite service for your TV, Cloud Computing is not impacted by the weather. In fact, there's no actual "cloud." Instead, your data is stored on remote servers instead of your computer or company network.
Companies with tons of data can run out of storage room by filling up the cloud.
False. The Cloud isn't like a bucket. It's scalable to meet your needs. When you utilize cloud-based solutions through a Cloud Computing company, they take care of increasing storage for you as you need it.
Recovery times for businesses using Cloud Computing are four times faster than for businesses not using it.
True. The only question now is why isn't your business taking advantage of Cloud Computing?
Ninety-three percent of cybersecurity breaches could be avoided.
True. Regular software updates and cloud-based solutions keep systems secure. Also, not responding to scammy emails that tell you you've won the lottery.
"Rudebots" is the generic term for computer programs that maliciously destroy your computer.
False. The term is "malware," but when you think about it, they are pretty rude.
A Trojan attack requires a carrier file to self-replicate.
False. A virus needs a carrier file to replicate and insert itself into other files. A Trojan just needs a big, wooden horse.
There are approximately 60,000 computer viruses released into cyberspace every year.
FACT. There are 5000 computer viruses released monthly. That adds up to a lot of sick computers.
The word password is one of the most commonly used passwords.
FACT. Never underestimate the intelligence of a hacker. They work with COMPUTERS, people!
In 2012, a national survey revealed that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
FACT AND FICTION. It's a fact that 51% of people believe the fiction that a storm could affect cloud computing.
IT decision makers in the US are the highest paid in the world, averaging a $107,193 salary per year.
True. Perhaps it's time to ask for a raise?
The fastest way for a US-based IT pro to receive a double-digit raise is to pick up the boss's dry cleaning.
False. While running personal errands for the boss might help, seeking out a new employer is a better idea.
Security expertise and knowing how to operate the office Keurig coffee machine are considered among the most valuable IT skills to have today.
Trick question. Officially, security expertise is the most valued skill. Unofficially, we're sure many in the industry would agree that the ability to make the coffee machine behave is a close second.
Marty Cooper of Motorola made the first mobile phone call in 1973 to a pizza joint to order a large pepperoni pie.
False. Despite having skipped lunch, Marty had a bigger appetite for boasting and called his rival at Bell Labs.
In 1980, Apple announced that it would no longer allow oranges on their grounds.
False. It was typewriters. The difference between them and word processors was like apples and oranges.
A "meltdown" triggered by an encounter between an active radar set and a Mr. Goodbar candy bar in engineer Percy Spencer's pocket led to the development of the microwave oven.
True. The melty mishap brought about the sale of domestic microwave ovens in 1955. And to this day, nobody in the office will clean it after reheating their spaghetti marinara.
From 1962 to 1982, the passwords for US nuclear missiles was "00000000".
True. JFK instituted the policy to keep rogue military commanders from launching nukes. The Air Force "technically" complied with the directive but were more concerned about delayed response to an attack than rogue commanders. As a result, they used the 8-digit sequence 00000000 in every missile silo across the country.
The first-ever web page is still online at its original URL.
True. You can find it at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html. Apparently, there were no graphic designers around in 1991 when it was created.
One of the three Apple co-founders, Ronald Wayne, sold his share of the company to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak before the company incorporated in 1977. His price? $25 and a McDonald's Happy Meal.
False. Wayne received a paltry $800 for his share of the company. Looking back, he probably wishes he'd had them throw in that Happy Meal too.
True. Types of malware include adware, bots, bugs, rootkits, spyware, Trojan horses, viruses, and worms, all of which accurately describe some pretty nasty stuff.
Macs cannot be infected by malware.
False. This might have been true in the past, but the increase in Apple's market share has coincided with an increase in malware created to hack Macs.
If your computer is attacked, reinstalling your data from a backup will take care of the problem.
True and false. While reinstallation can rid you of the malware, it's also possible that it's hiding in backed up files or hidden sectors. You could actually wind up reinstalling the malware and all that work will be for nothing.
If my system is attacked, I should just dump my computer in the garbage and buy a new one. There's no fixing it!
False. A malware attack isn't a death sentence for your computer. Completely reformatting the hard drive and installing a clean OS should make it like new again.
The first personal computer, the Kenbak-1, was introduced in 1971 and sold for $2,700.
False. It actually sold for $750. Not much of a bargain considering it included 256 bytes of memory and ran at a dizzying speed of 1 MHz. Of course, there were no cat videos on YouTube back then, so maybe it didn't matter so much.
False. The actual name was ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) creating a 4-node network. "Bob" was the intern who brought the coffee to the office every day.
In 1963, Stanford Researcher, Douglas Engelbart, invented the first computer mouse. Initially, he thought of calling it "bug," but decided "mouse" was better because he loved cheese.
False. He called it "mouse" because early models resembled a rodent's tail. Ewww.
How much do you know about viruses and spam?
What was the first computer virus?
Answer: a. Creeper. Created in 1971, Creeper was initially designed to experiment with self-replicating software. Even though it wasn't intended to be malicious, its name would leave you to believe otherwise.
What is the origin of the word "spam"?
Answer: c. A Monty Python skit from the 70s. Monty Python featured a skit in which a hostess in a Viking café comically repeats "SPAM" as a menu item. Fake meat for Vikings? No thank you!
Who said, "Two years from now, email spam will be solved?
Answer: b. Bill Gates. In 2004, Bill Gates made the prediction. Fortunately, he was better at operating Microsoft than prognosticating.
The safest place to be if you're outside when a tornado hits is under a tree.
False. When Dorothy and Toto couldn't make it into the storm cellar, they should have taken cover in a ditch.
Hurricanes kill more people each year than any other weather event.
False. Floods kill more people each year than lightning, tornadoes, or hurricanes.
A tornado that forms over water is called a Tasmanian Devil.
False. A Tasmanian Devil is an Australian marsupial as well as a short-tempered foe of Bugs Bunny. A tornado that occurs over a body of water is called a Waterspout.
Do you know the meaning of the following acronyms in the science field?
Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists. Obviously, these award-winning scientists are pretty smart.
Cosmic Ray Effects on MicroElectronics. Not nearly as delicious as the acronym would have you believe.
In 1988, a Norwegian computer pioneer disconnected Norway from the Internet by unplugging a single cable.
True. To avoid the threat of a fast-spreading computer virus, Pål Spilling disconnected Norway from the rest of the Internet by unplugging a single cable.
Videophone and video chat capability have been around since FDR was president.
False. However, it has been around since 1970, but never caught on, likely due to the high cost for service — $160/month (equivalent to $947) — for 30 minutes of video chat.
In the first half of 2014, there were 21.7 power outages per month across the country, including weather-related outages. That's six times more than in the year 2000.
Claims paid by all insurance companies in the past decade for damaged sustained by frozen, burst pipes exceeded $4 billion.
Forecasters are predicting the winter of 2017 could bring above-average snowfall around the Great Lakes and in the northern Rockies, with colder-than-average temperatures in the east.
All DR plans should include details on how employees will communicate, where they go, and how they will do their jobs in the wake of a disaster.
True. Details will vary by industry and business, but these components are essential for a successful DR plan.
Forty-three percent (43%) of companies without a DR plan that experience a major data loss never reopen.
True. A sobering statistic. In fact, only 6 percent of companies without a DR plan survive long-term.
On average, the cost of one hour of downtime for a mid-size business is $74,000.
True. Small companies average a $8K/hour loss while large enterprises can lose as much as $700k per hour!
Name the information that a web site places on your hard drive so it can quickly recall you at a later.
One version is served with cheese. This type is someone who breaks into someone else's computer and breaches security.
You might find these on a hunt in the spring, or as an undocumented feature that gives credit to a software developer.
Apple has sold more than 240 million iPhones thus far.
True. 244.2 million to be exact.
YAHOO stands for "Yelta And Hal Owe Oliver," a play on the founder's names and their first investor.
Ellen DeGeneres is responsible for the most retweeted tweet of all time.
True. It was her group selfie taken at the 2014 Academy Awards.
The US military funded a network that would eventually evolve into the modern internet. What was the network called?
Answer: ARPANET which in 1969 interconnected four university computers. They probably weren't doing much Facebooking!
Who famously said, "640K ought to be enough for anybody"?
Answer: MS Chairman Bill Gates in 1981. Clearly he hadn't uploaded any selfies yet.
Kodak produced the first digital camera in what year?
Answer: They developed a prototype in 1975. Just think, your prom pictures could have looked so much better than they did.
IBM created the technologies that brought about the floppy disk and the hard drive. Name five other innovations they pioneered.
IBM introduced what many consider to be the first "smart phone" called Simon, which offered email access and fax capability. What year was it launched?
What year was the first mobile telephone call made?
Answer: 1946 in St. Louis, MO.
The GRID 1101 is the grand-daddy of all modern-day laptops. How much did a person pay to own one in 1982?
The Osborne 1 was considered to be the first practical and useful "portable" computer. How much did it weigh?
What is the candy bar-themed code name for Android version 4.4?
Which home game console has led the U.S. market for all of 2014?
What was the cattle-themed code name for Microsoft's Windows Vista?
What was the widespread vulnerability in the open SSL software library that sounded like a coronary condition?
Can you name the top 10 most prophetic sci-fi movies ever made?
In 1928, a tornado in Kansas plucked the feathers right off some chickens.
True. Tornadoes have also been known to embed boards, knives, forks, and other materials directly into trees.
The United States have an average of 400 tornadoes every year.
False. About a thousand tornadoes touch down in the US every year.
Opening a window in a house will equalize air pressure, preventing a tornado from blowing the house down.
False. In fact, opening the wrong windows could allow air to rush in and blow the house apart from the inside.
Who was the first person to invest in Google?
How much did that person invest?
Where did Larry Page and Sergey Brin go to celebrate after accepting the check?
Andy Bechtolsheim gave Larry and Sergey a check for $100,000. After receiving it, they went to Burger King. Perhaps there's something to be said for being frugal.
What are the three most common lies on the Internet?
1.) I've read the Terms of Service.
3.) I am over 18 years of age.
Why are your Twitter tweets limited to 140 characters?
Answer: Because Twitter was built for SMS, which could only be 160 characters. They cut 20 characters to allow people to add Twitter handles.
"Modem" is the amalgam of what two words?


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Our sensors can be deliveredaccording to any industrial output standard and are equipped with a modern open source IoT platform for remote data access.


Our Caring Cup winner is Eve (Year 6). In the Science lesson this week, after finishing her own work, she supported another group. Eve had noticed that they were finding the task tricky so offered to help. This was without prompting. Well done Eve!


1. Grab up all sorts of fabric. Sometimes I like to make a wreath a little more color coordinated in theme (mostly yellows or reds or something like that) or sometimes it just becomes a hodge podge of what I have at the time.
2. Using a cutting mat and rotary tool (you are more than welcome to use old fashioned scissors...that will take a gazillion hours though, so prepare yourself) cut lots and lots of 5" by 1/2" fabric strips. You are going to need alot. I usually run out and then go cut more.
3. I get my wire wreath frames at Michaels where they are relatively inexpensive ($4-$8). I'm sure places like Hobby Lobby have them too.
4. Start tying. Just a simple over and under tie works. You don't even need to double knot it. Just one tie with a little forceful tug at the end to make sure its nice and secure to the wire frame will work. Its up to you how full and snug you want your frame. You could keep things looser and less full by using less fabric scraps. I like mine pretty full so I really squeeze those fabric strips in there.


Newly appointed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew made his first visit to Europe in his official capacity this week, and surprised many by calling unequivocally on European leaders to ease off austerity measures that have been applied to the continent's rash of sovereign debt crises, urging his counterparts on the mainland to focus instead on measures that would stimulate employment and economic growth.
Citizens in European countries like Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and now Cyprus have all had to deal with the effects of austerity measures resulting from the collapse of various housing and financial bubbles across the continent's Southern countries, with social unrest and political gridlock becoming a feature of everyday life.
While some have interpreted Lew's comments to his European interlocutors as having been delivered rather bluntly, they seem dovish when compared to a speech given by George Soros on Tuesday in Frankfurt.
At approximately the same time that Secretary Lew was in Berlin for talks with Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, urging countries with the ability to do so to adopt policies that would "encourage consumer demand", Soros spoke to an audience in Germany's financial center, where he in no uncertain terms criticized his host country for its handling of the Cyprus banking crisis, as well as Europe's sovereign debt crisis as a whole.
The substance of both Lew and Soros's statements suggest a growing North American impatience with the way European countries have been handling their protracted financial crisis. But while Lew chose to focus on symptoms such as austerity and stimulus, Soros's critique was broader in scope, and addressed the structural complexities of the European Union's current impasse.
His conclusion, that Germany should either assent to a Eurobond as a means of alleviating government debts, or consider exiting the Euro altogether, turns all of the customary discussion of the Eurozone crisis on its head. In other words, the common fear or assumption is that the indebted nation will be forced to leave the European monetary union as a result of financial insolvency.
Soros suggested that if EU countries were allowed to convert their government debts into European bonds, deeply troubled budgets and bank balance sheets alike would see immediate benefit, while the stress of permanently delayed but inevitably default would be removed from the horizon of possibilities.
While he also said that "Eurobonds are not a panacea," not sufficient in themselves to solve Europe's financial calamity, they would be a step in the right direction. Using Italy as an example, he noted that the country would save as much as 4 percent of its GDP, the budget would approach surplus, and "stimulus would replace austerity".
Noting Germany's fierce opposition to Eurobonds, Soros concluded that it is they who would do better to leave the Euro rather than a troubled and indebted country like Italy. The reason for this has to do with the fact that a Eurozone minus Germany would still have bonds comparable in value to those issued by the U.S., the UK, or Japan.
Germany's departure from the European Union would cause depreciation in the currency, allowing indebted countries to regain competitiveness against essentially reduced debts.
If this seems counter-intuitive, it is instructive to think of the situation in reverse. The worst-case scenario that is always envisioned involves the potentially disastrous consequences of an otherwise vitally important economy, such as Italy, leaving the monetary union. Indeed, such an event would be crushing for Italy itself, and the resulting chaos would shake the global financial system.
Meanwhile, a German departure from the EU would result in some readjustment burdens for primarily Germany, with no major global consequences.
But Soros did not advocate for Germany to actually leave the EU. Instead, he suggested that if Germany insists on maintaining its opposition to a sensible and practical solution to Europe's long-running debt saga that cattle-prods global markets every few months with the promise of contagious financial calamity, they would do better to extract themselves from the situation entirely, and let the rest of Europe sort out its own mess.
With Slovenia set to issue another bond by this summer, amid troubles meeting its obligations, there may just be a good chance to test some aspects of Soros's claim about the benefits of a Eurobond.
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Research analysis: talking to couples about pregnancy and drinking
Study from Switzerland explores prenatal alcohol consumption from the perspective of 30 couples expecting...
Created On: 13 September 2021 (Last updated: 08 October 2021)
Study from Switzerland explores prenatal alcohol consumption from the perspective of 30 couples expecting their first baby. While all couples had internalised the message that drinking in pregnancy is risky, it was not always easy to abstain from alcohol. The findings emphasise that drinking is not an isolated phenomenon, and women need more than advice 'not to drink'.
In many countries, official medical bodies advise women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy. This is primarily due to the risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, which arise from harm to the embryo or fetus as they are developing. A qualitative study in Switzerland provided the opportunity to uncover why 'alcohol-exposed' pregnancies occur, by discussing the uncertainties and difficulties that couples can encounter when adjusting to pregnancy.
The internalisation (and burden) of risk discourses
Original article: Pregnancy as a transition: First-time expectant couples' experience with alcohol consumption. By Solène Gouilhers and colleagues. Published in Drug and Alcohol Review (2019).
In Switzerland and the United Kingdom (1 2 3), drinking guidelines promote a precautionary 'abstinence-only' approach to alcohol in pregnancy. While experts cannot be sure about the level at which drinking becomes significant, they have come to the conclusion that the potential harms of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy are too great for a woman to take the risk of drinking alcohol.
Interviews with 30 pregnant women and their partners in French-speaking Switzerland revealed a consensus that it is best for women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy. Indeed, all women in the study tried to adhere to this principle, and by 21–39 weeks pregnant, most had abstained or significantly cut down their consumption.
Some women who continued to drink alcohol, or drank before they knew they were pregnant, experienced strongly feelings of anxiety, stress, and guilt – an indication that they had internalised the message that alcohol consumption in pregnancy is inherently risky.
In some cases, this prompted women to turn to strict abstinence throughout the rest of their pregnancy. For the wider population of women who are pregnant, however, there may inadvertent consequences associated with the binary representation of risk in drinking guidelines (i.e. 'drink alcohol and risk immense harm; abstain from alcohol and have zero risk of harm').
Healthcare guidelines and navigating risk
In 2014, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) reported that well-meaning warnings about the impact of alcohol during pregnancy were leaving some women so distressed that they were considering "ending what would otherwise be a wanted pregnancy".
Ann Furedi, who was Chief Executive of BPAS at the time, said:
"Women should be reassured that the odd night of heavy drinking before they found out they were pregnant is extremely unlikely to have caused their baby harm. Pregnant women don't need scare stories but impartial, evidence-based information, and they should be trusted to make the choices that are right for them."
This call for more, not less, detail about the potential harms of alcohol in pregnancy was echoed in the DECIPHer study in 2018. Dr Rachel Brown and Ms Heather Trickey found that "the lack of nuance in the clear abstinence message [was] not acceptable [among some stakeholders …] and sometimes led to mistrust and to mothers seeking alternative advice from other sources".
What these two examples show is that a trade-off can occur when guidelines lean into the precautionary approach. Experts may prioritise delivering a clear message, but this can come at the expense of helping women to discern what types or levels of drinking put them and their pregnancy at greater risk based on the evidence base (however limited that currently is).
In the featured study, some women decided to drink occasionally in small amounts, believing that this would not harm the fetus. This is also an important perspective or experience to highlight. These were not women who were drinking unaware of the potential harms. These were not women who had drinking problems. They were women who wanted a healthy pregnancy, who wanted to make decisions for themselves based on their own circumstances, and perhaps saw the norm of alcohol reduction or abstinence as just one of many prescribed behaviours for pregnant women where they had to exercise judgement.
Too narrow a focus?
The research was based on interviews with couples about their (individual and collective) drinking habits before and during pregnancy. The focus of the paper, however, was almost exclusively on the pregnant woman's alcohol consumption. To some degree, this makes sense. After all, it's only the woman's alcohol consumption that can affect the development of the embryo/fetus.
Yet, we know that drinking in pregnancy isn't an isolated phenomenon. When women drink or do not drink, they do so in a broader context which includes romantic and social relationships, cultural norms, and personal histories.
If women's partners were expected to be equal participants in a healthy pregnancy, rather than 'supportive observers' (at best), this might make it easier for women to reduce or eliminate their risk of alcohol-related harm in pregnancy. This may be especially important when drinking is associated with pleasure, as it was for some women in the study, and where alcohol is part of normal social situations for the couple, such as going out for a meal or attending a party.
by Natalie Davies
This article was published as part of The Pregnancy Edit for September 2021. If you are interested in writing a blog or participating in an interview about alcohol-related harm in pregnancy for the SSA website, please contact Natalie Davies at natalie@addiction-ssa.org.
The opinions expressed in this post reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or official positions of the SSA.
The SSA does not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of the information in external sources or links and accepts no responsibility or liability for any consequences arising from the use of such information.
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// Code generated by Microsoft (R) AutoRest Code Generator.

package com.azure.resourcemanager.mediaservices.models;

import com.azure.core.annotation.Fluent;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeName;
import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.List;

/** Describes all the properties for encoding a video with the H.265 codec. */
@JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include = JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property = "@odata.type")
@JsonTypeName("#Microsoft.Media.H265Video")
@Fluent
public final class H265Video extends Video {
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     * Specifies whether or not the encoder should insert key frames at scene changes. If not specified, the default is
     * false. This flag should be set to true only when the encoder is being configured to produce a single output
     * video.
     */
    @JsonProperty(value = "sceneChangeDetection")
    private Boolean sceneChangeDetection;

    /*
     * Tells the encoder how to choose its encoding settings.  Quality will provide for a higher compression ratio but
     * at a higher cost and longer compute time.  Speed will produce a relatively larger file but is faster and more
     * economical. The default value is Balanced.
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    private List<H265Layer> layers;

    /**
     * Get the sceneChangeDetection property: Specifies whether or not the encoder should insert key frames at scene
     * changes. If not specified, the default is false. This flag should be set to true only when the encoder is being
     * configured to produce a single output video.
     *
     * @return the sceneChangeDetection value.
     */
    public Boolean sceneChangeDetection() {
        return this.sceneChangeDetection;
    }

    /**
     * Set the sceneChangeDetection property: Specifies whether or not the encoder should insert key frames at scene
     * changes. If not specified, the default is false. This flag should be set to true only when the encoder is being
     * configured to produce a single output video.
     *
     * @param sceneChangeDetection the sceneChangeDetection value to set.
     * @return the H265Video object itself.
     */
    public H265Video withSceneChangeDetection(Boolean sceneChangeDetection) {
        this.sceneChangeDetection = sceneChangeDetection;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the complexity property: Tells the encoder how to choose its encoding settings. Quality will provide for a
     * higher compression ratio but at a higher cost and longer compute time. Speed will produce a relatively larger
     * file but is faster and more economical. The default value is Balanced.
     *
     * @return the complexity value.
     */
    public H265Complexity complexity() {
        return this.complexity;
    }

    /**
     * Set the complexity property: Tells the encoder how to choose its encoding settings. Quality will provide for a
     * higher compression ratio but at a higher cost and longer compute time. Speed will produce a relatively larger
     * file but is faster and more economical. The default value is Balanced.
     *
     * @param complexity the complexity value to set.
     * @return the H265Video object itself.
     */
    public H265Video withComplexity(H265Complexity complexity) {
        this.complexity = complexity;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Get the layers property: The collection of output H.265 layers to be produced by the encoder.
     *
     * @return the layers value.
     */
    public List<H265Layer> layers() {
        return this.layers;
    }

    /**
     * Set the layers property: The collection of output H.265 layers to be produced by the encoder.
     *
     * @param layers the layers value to set.
     * @return the H265Video object itself.
     */
    public H265Video withLayers(List<H265Layer> layers) {
        this.layers = layers;
        return this;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public H265Video withKeyFrameInterval(Duration keyFrameInterval) {
        super.withKeyFrameInterval(keyFrameInterval);
        return this;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public H265Video withStretchMode(StretchMode stretchMode) {
        super.withStretchMode(stretchMode);
        return this;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public H265Video withSyncMode(VideoSyncMode syncMode) {
        super.withSyncMode(syncMode);
        return this;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public H265Video withLabel(String label) {
        super.withLabel(label);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Validates the instance.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if the instance is not valid.
     */
    @Override
    public void validate() {
        super.validate();
        if (layers() != null) {
            layers().forEach(e -> e.validate());
        }
    }
}


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Screen Test No. 1 (auch: Screen Test, Screen Test 1, Screen Test # 1 oder Philip´s Screen Test) ist ein Underground-Experimentalfilm von Andy Warhol. Er wurde am 23. Januar 1965 in Warhols Studio The Factory im 16-mm-Format gedreht.

Handlung

Der Schwarz-weiß-Tonfilm zeigt in einer Länge von 70 Minuten Philip Fagan, der peinliche Fragen von Ronald Tavel aus dem Off beantworten muss. Tavel fragt ihn hartnäckig nach seinen Familienverhältnissen und nach einem Diebstahl, bei dem er erwischt wurde. Immer wieder wird er aufgefordert, seine Homosexualität einzugestehen, was er aber verweigert.

Hintergrund

Zunächst war ein Film unter dem Titel Aging (Altern) geplant. Warhol wollte den Darsteller über sechs Jahre jeden Tag filmisch drei Minuten lang porträtieren. Fagan war zu dieser Zeit (Winter 1964/1965) der Liebhaber von Andy Warhol, mit dem er in dessen Haus in der Lexington Avenue zusammen lebte. Das Projekt kam zum Stillstand, als Fagan die Factory verließ, weil er eifersüchtig auf Gerard Malanga war. Insgesamt sind 103 Filmrollen mit seinen Porträts überliefert. Fagan hatte im Dezember 1964 in Warhols Film Harlot (1965) mitgespielt.

Literatur
 Enno Patalas (Hrsg.): Andy Warhol und seine Filme: Eine Dokumentation. München:Heyne 1971
 Stephen Koch: Stargazer. The Life, World and Films of Andy Warhol. London 1974
 Bernard Blistène (Hrsg.): Andy Warhol, Cinema: à l'occasion de l'Exposition Andy Warhol Rétrospective (21 juin - 10 septembre 1990) organisée à Paris par le Musée National d'Art Moderne au Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris: Éd. du Centre Georges Pompidou 1990
 Billy Name und Debra Miller: Stills from the Warhol Films München 1994
 Astrid Johanna Ofner (Hrsg.): Andy Warhol - Filmmaker. Eine Retrospektive der Viennale und des Österreichischen Filmmuseums 1. bis 31. Oktober 2005. Wien 2005

Weblinks

 Das Originaldrehbuch als PDF-Datei (6,58 MB)
Screen Test No. 1
Experimentalfilm
Independentfilm
Andy Warhol
US-amerikanischer Film

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Whether it's the Abbacchio alla Romana or the pork shoulder ravioli, there's no doubting the Italian credentials of Church St Enoteca. Stroll up to the quiet end of Church Street to this understated gem, and treat yourself to a dinner of sublime modern Italian cuisine courtesy of executive chef, Sebastian McQuarrie. Oh, and trust the sommelier… He knows best.


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Tag: racketeering trial
Families of Victims Await Justice As 'White' Bulger Trial Enters 5th Day of Deliberations
Steve Neavling
As jurors begin their fifth day of deliberations in the racketeering and murder trial reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger today, relatives of victims are hoping for some closure and justice, the USA Today reports.
Theresa Barrett Bond, however, may never get that closure because she has lost trust in the law enforcement system because of the FBI's underhanded involvement with Bulger.
Bond said she has no doubt Bulger, who was the leader of the infamous Winter Hill Gang, killer her father, Arthur Barrett in 1983.
Authorities said Barrett was murdered after refusing to give Bulger a share of stolen loot from a $1.5 million bank heist in 1980.
"Because we had government agents on the take for money, our dads are dead," Bond said Friday as the jury deliberated. Bulger "would have been (taken) off the streets if the government had done what it was supposed to do."
Posted: August 12th, 2013 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: Corruption, FBI, Murder, murder trial, racketeering, racketeering trial, Whitey Bulger, Winter Hill Gang
Racketeering, Murder Trial of Accused Mobster 'Whitey' Bulger Goes to Deliberations Today
Updated Bulger photo/wbur
A jury will begin deliberating today in the nearly month-long racketeering and murder trial against suspected mobster James "Whitey" Bulger after both sides delivered extensive closing arguments Monday, CNN reports.
Bulger, who is accused of participating in 19 murders as the head of the former Winter Hill Gang, was called one of the most "vicious, violent and calculating criminals to ever walk the streets of Boston" by the prosecution Monday.
Defense attorney J.W. Carney questioned the credibility of many of the witnesses, pointing out that some have extensive criminal backgrounds.
"If you cannot say in your deliberation that I personally can believe (prosecution witnesses) beyond a reasonable doubt, then the government cannot prove its case about the alleged murders," Carney told the jury.
The trial has been marked with colorful testimony and occasional outbursts from Bulger.
Posted: August 6th, 2013 under News Story.
Tags: closing arguments, jury deliberation, Murder, murder trial, racketeering trial, trial, Whitey Bulger, Winter Hill Gang
Closing Arguments to Begin in Murder, Racketeering Trial of 'Whitey' Bulger
Whitey Bulger/fbi
The murder and racketeering case against accused mobster James 'Whitey" Bulger may have reached its final days as prosecutors and defense attorneys prepare to present lengthy closing arguments today, the Associated Press wrote.
The nearly eight-week trial will give way to closing arguments after jurors heard testimony about 19 killings in which Bulger is accused of being involved.
It has been a long time coming. The 83-year-old man fled Boston ahead of an indictment, and he remained one of the most wanted fugitives until he was found in California in 2011.
Judge Denise Casper has given each side three hours and 15 minutes to present closing arguments.
The jury is expected to begin deliberating Tuesday.
Posted: August 5th, 2013 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: california, closing arguments, hury, Mob, murder trial, Prosecutor, racketeering trial, Whitey Bulger
Photos Showing Another Side 'Whitey' Bulger Includes a Priest Defrocked for Abusing Boys
But one photo showed Bulger relaxing on a sofa with a Catholic priest who had been defrocked for abusing young boys, ABC News reports.
The pictures were part of Bulger's racketeering and murder trial as the defense winds down its arguments.
Other shots include Bulger with NFL hockey player Chris "Knuckles" Nilan holding the Stanley Cup, his two pet dogs and his girlfriend Catherine Greig.
"This is clearly an attempt to salvage his reputation. What other possible purpose is there to filing these kinds of documents?" Prosecutor Fred Wyshak said.
Today, Bulger must decide whether he'll take the stand.
Posted: August 2nd, 2013 under News Story.
Tags: abuse, Catholic Church, defrocked, murder trial, photographs, priest, racketeering trial, Whitey Bulger
'Whitey' Bulger Henchman: Feds Allowed Mob Boss to Continue Breaking Law
Steve Flemmi/dateline nbc
Corrupt FBI agent John Connolly urged the feds against prosecuting him and James "Whitey" Bulger so they could continue delivering information about rival gangs, a former henchman for the accused mob boss testified Wednesday, The Boston Globe reports.
Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi testified that Connolly helped them avoid indictments at a time when other gangs were being prosecuted.
"Jim Bulger and myself were taken out of the indictment," Flemmi testified. "That's what John Connolly told me and that's what Jim Bulger told me."
Instead of being charged, Flemmi testified that he and Bulger continued to commit crimes with the FBI's knowledge, The Globe reported.
Posted: July 25th, 2013 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: Corruption, FBI, henchman, indictment, JAmes Bulger, Mob, mob boss, mobster, Murder, murder trial, racketeering, racketeering trial, The Rifleman
Witness in 'Whitey' Bulger Case Found Dead under Suspicious Circumstances
Stephen "Stippo" Rakes waited decades to testify against accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger.
Rakes will never get the chance because he was found dead in what is being described as a suspicious death, the Boston Globe reports.
Rakes, who had accused Bulger of stealing ownership of his South Boston liquor store, was found dead near a popular walking trail in Lincoln.
But authorities believe Rakes' body may have been dumped there, the Globe reported.
An autopsy is underway to determine the because of death.
"I can assure you my ex-husband did not commit suicide," Rakes's former wife, Julie Dammers, told the Globe.
Posted: July 19th, 2013 under News Story.
Tags: death, Murder, murder trial, racketeering, racketeering trial, South Boston, suspicious circumstances, Whitey Bulger, witness
Drug Dealer Says Accused Mobster 'Whitey' Bulger Forced Him to Play Russian Roulette
Accused Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger forced a former drug kingpin to play Russian roulette in the back room of a nightclub in 1983, according to testimony at the racketeering and murder trial, Reuters reports.
"The conversation wasn't going too well… But I wasn't going to pay him $1 million. I just wasn't going to do it," William David Lindholm testified.
Lindholm said Bulger, leader of the Winter Hill Gang, wanted $1 million in cash. Bulger lodged a bullet in the chamber and pulled the trigger with the gun pointing at Lindholm's head.
Lindholm said he convinced Bulger that his marijuana dealing wasn't as big as it was and only had to turn over $250,000, Reuters wrote.
Tags: drug kingpin, Mafia, Mob, murder trial, pay off, racketeering trial, Russian Roulette, Whitey Bulger
Witnesses Raise Questions About Reliability of 'Whitey' Bulger Records During Murder Trial
Was reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger a rat?
During tense testimony Tuesday in Bulger's murder and racketeering trial, his defense attorneys tore into government witnesses who acknowledged Bulger's files were falsified or inaccurate, the New York Daily News reports.
FBI files suggest Bulger ratted out friends and associates, but defense attorneys said the records can't be trusted – by the witnesses' own admission, the Daily News reported.
Bulger, 83, is fighting 32 counts of racketeering and extortion and 19 murder-related charges.
He's also fighting for his reputation.
Posted: June 26th, 2013 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: extortion, falsified evidence, JAmes Bulger, James Whitey Bulger, Murder, murder trial, racketeering, racketeering trial, rat, snitch, Whitey Bulger


Here's a great alternative to a conventional buddy-box setup. It involves no trainer cable and doesn't require the master and slave transmitter / receiver to be of the same make or model; you can mix JR with Futaba, Spektrum with FrSky, it doesn't matter. The unit inter-connects two radio receivers to provide a single output for controlling your model. This means control can be switch between two pilots at the flick of a switch for the purpose of training.
As well as pilot training, the unit opens up many other potential applications. For instance, for safe FPV flying, with it your observer could take over the flying at the flick of a switch if need be. It could also be used for single operator / dual operator control for multirotors - we've actually used this unit to synchronise gimbal controls between a pilot and their gimbal operator such that the pilot can take over the control of the gimbal or hand over control to their camera operator. Finally, the system could even be used if you wanted to fly long distance - using two pilots at different locations.


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using System.IO;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace FclEx
{
    public static class HttpClientExtensions
    {
        public static async Task DownLoadFileAsync(this HttpClient httpClient, string url, string savePath)
        {
            var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(url).DonotCapture();
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().DonotCapture();
            if (File.Exists(savePath)) return;
            using (var file = File.Create(savePath))
            {
                await stream.CopyToAsync(file).DonotCapture();
            }
        }

        public static Task DownLoadFileAsync(this HttpClient httpClient, string url, string saveDir, string fileName)
        {
            return DownLoadFileAsync(httpClient, url, Path.Combine(saveDir, fileName));
        }
    }
}


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• Cancer Information Helpline is our national, toll-free helpline for people with cancer, caregivers, families and friends, the general public and healthcare professionals. Contact us or call us at 1-888-939-3333 (TTY 1-866-786-3934).
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President, Canadian Medical Association; Palliative Care Physician; Freeman Chair in Palliative Care - North York General Hospital; P.E.A.C.H Program (Palliative Care and Education for the Homeless) - Inner City Health Associates, Toronto
Dr Sandy Buchman is President of the Canadian Medical Association and an associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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the tbl2cad is Microsoft Excel (2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016) add-in to export Excel tables to the DXF file format (as lines & text objects) as well as to import DXF tables containing the line & text objects to the Microsoft Excel table. The add-in is CAD independed and you can process your tables independent to your actual CAD system.
There is avaiable also free version. The free version of tbl2cad writes the text "Free version" instead of your text and it is designed especially to test the add-in with your Excel. Anyway - the free version can be also used to export the Excel table geometry (includuding the text sizes & position) to the DXF file.


This blog post is a quick writeup on an interesting feature of SMBv2 which might have uses for lateral movement and red-teamers. When I last spent significant time looking at symbolic link attacks on Windows I took a close look at the SMB server. Since version 2 the SMB protocol has support for symbolic links, specifically the NTFS Reparse Point format. If the SMB server encounters an NTFS symbolic link within a share it'll extract the REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER and return it to the client based on the SMBv2 protocol specification§2.2.2.2.1.
The client OS is responsible for parsing the REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER and following it locally. This means that only files the client can already access can be referenced by symbolic links. In fact even resolving symbolic links locally isn't enabled by default, although I did find a bypass which allowed a malicious server to bypass the client policy and allowing resolving symbolic links locally. Microsoft declined to fix the bypass at the time, it's issue 138 if you're interested.
What I found interesting is while IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK is handled specially on the client, if the server encounters the IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT reparse point it would follow it on the server. Therefore, if you could introduce a mount point within a share you could access any fixed disk on the server, even if it's not shared directly. That could have many uses for lateral movement, but the question becomes how could we add a mount point without already having local access to the disk?
The error would indicate that setting mount points on remote servers isn't supported. This would make some sense, setting a mount point on a remote drive would result in unexpected consequences. You'd assume the protocol either doesn't support setting reparse points at all, or at least restricts them to only allowing symbolic links. We can get a rough idea what the protocol expects by looking up the details in the protocol specification. Setting a reparse point requires sending the FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT IO control code to a file, therefore we can look up the section on the SMB2 IOCTL command to see if any there's any information about the control code.
After a bit of digging you'll find that FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT is indeed supported and there's a note in §3.3.5.15.13 which I've reproduced below.
«When the server receives a request that contains an SMB2 header with a Command value equal to SMB2 IOCTL and a CtlCode of FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT, message handling proceeds as follows:If the ReparseTag field in FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT, as specified in [MS-FSCC] section 2.3.65, is not IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK, the server SHOULD verify that the caller has the required permissions to execute this FSCTL.<330> If the caller does not have the required permissions, the server MUST fail the call with an error code of STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED.»The text in the specification seems to imply the server only needs to check explicitly for IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK, and if the tag is something different it should do some sort of check to see if it's allowed, but it doesn't say anything about setting a different tag to be explicitly banned. Perhaps it's just the MKLINK built-in which doesn't handle this scenario? Let's try the CreateMountPoint tool from my symboliclink-testing-tools project and see if that helps.
CreateMountPoint doesn't show an error about only supporting local NTFS volumes, but it does return an access denied error. This ties in with the description §3.3.5.15.13, if the implied check fails the code should return access denied. Of course the protocol specification doesn't actually say what check should be performed, I guess it's time to break out the disassembler and look at the implementation in the SMBv2 driver, srv2.sys.
Testing from an administrator account allows us to create the mount point, and when listing the directory from a UNC path the Windows folder is shown. While I've demonstrated this on local admin shares this will work on any share and the mount point is followed on the remote server.
Is this trick useful? Requiring administrator access does mean it's not something you could abuse for local privilege escalation and if you have administrator access remotely there's almost certainly nastier things you could do. Still it could be useful if the target machine has the admin shares disabled, or there's monitoring in place which would detect the use of ADMIN$ or C$ in lateral movement as if there's any other writable share you could add a new directory which would give full control over any other fixed drive.
I can't find anyone documenting this before, but I could have missed it as the search results are heavily biased towards SAMBA configurations when you search for SMB and mount points (for obvious reasons). This trick is another example of ensuring you test any assumptions about the security behavior of a system as it's probably not documented what the actual behavior is. Even though a tool such as MKLINK claims a lack of a support for setting remote mount points by digging into available specification and looking at the code itself you can find some interesting stuff.


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Lauren R. Harris
Finding a story in just about everything
Lauren R. Harris, Children's Author
Go For Broke
100th/442nd, History, World War II / By Lauren R. Harris
If you find yourself in the Los Angeles area, you'll add to your sense of pride in our country by visiting the Go For Broke memorial in downtown L.A. I …
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"One faces the future with one's past." -Pearl S. Buck
History, Japanese Internment, World War II / By Lauren R. Harris
While we shouldn't interpret history from modern eyes, we can remember and learn. Today marks the 76th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, and though some of us have never heard …
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Rapid City Journal honors local Veteran
100th/442nd, Black Hills, History, Japanese Internment, World War II / By Lauren R. Harris
Happy belated birthday, Mr. Higashi! This article was published on the front page of the RC Journal, Nov. 11th, 2016, Veteran's Day. I'm privileged to have had this opportunity.
Uncategorized / By Lauren R. Harris
Thank you for visiting my site!
Copyright © 2023 Lauren R. Harris


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meteocalc
=========

.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/malexer/meteocalc.svg?branch=master
    :target: https://travis-ci.org/malexer/meteocalc

Several functions for calculation of meteorological variables.

Calculations were implemented based on publicly available formulas.

Implemented calculations:

1. **Dew Point** is the temperature at which dew forms.
2. **Heat Index** is an index that combines air temperature and relative
   humidity in an attempt to determine the human-perceived equivalent
   temperature.
3. **Wind Chill** is the lowering of body temperature due to the
   passing-flow of lower-temperature air.
4. **Feels Like temperature** or Apparent temperature is the temperature
   equivalent perceived by humans, caused by the combined effects of air
   temperature, relative humidity and wind speed.

Also **Temp** class is available to convert temperature between Celsius,
Fahrenheit and Kelvin. It is also can be mixed with floats for basic math
operations.

Requirements
------------

* Python 2.7 or 3.2+

Install
-------

.. code-block:: shell

    $ pip install meteocalc

Usage
-----

..note:
    Any input Temperature value can be provided in different units:
    ``Temp(20, 'c')  # c - celsius, f - fahrenheit, k - kelvin``

.. code-block:: python

    from meteocalc import Temp, dew_point, heat_index, wind_chill, feels_like

    # create input temperature in different units
    t = Temp(20, 'c')  # c - celsius, f - fahrenheit, k - kelvin
    t2 = Temp(60, 'f')

    # calculate Dew Point
    dp = dew_point(temperature=t, humidity=56)

    # calculate Heat Index
    hi = heat_index(temperature=t2, humidity=42)

    print('Dew Point in celsius:', dp.c)
    print('Dew Point in fahrenheit:', dp.f)
    print('Heat Index in kelvin:', hi.k)

    # calculate Wind Chill
    wc = wind_chill(temperature=15, wind_speed=25)
    print('Wind Chill in fahrenheit:', wc.f)

    # calculate Feels Like temperature
    fl = feels_like(temperature=40, humidity=40, wind_speed=5)
    print('Feels Like in fahrenheit:', fl.f)

History
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v 1.1.0 - 2019-04-30
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Added:
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* Wind Chill and Feels Like temperature (thanks to @Currywurst)

v 1.0.0 - 2016-04-03
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Added:
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* First version